[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 3.0 final

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Fri Dec 5 09:21:04 CET 2008


Barry Warsaw schrieb:
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> 
>>>> I can't find any docs built for Python 3.0 (not 3.1a0).
>>>
>>> The Windows installation has new 3.0 doc dated Dec 3, so it was  
>>> built,
>>> just not posted correctly.
> 
>> That doesn't mean very much. I built it on my local machine. Anybody
>> with subversion and python could do that; the documentation is in
>> subversion.
> 
>> Whether or not it appears on the web site as part of the release
>> process is an entirely different matter. It used to be that the
>> doc maintainer (Fred Drake) was part of the release team and release
>> process. I think Georg is complaining that he is release maintainer,
>> but not part of the release process.
> 
> I've asked Georg to update PEP 101 to make his role as Documentation  
> Expert explicit.  Unfortunately we only debug major releases once (or  
> twice) every 18 months.  But next time, we'll get that part right for  
> sure!

Done that now. Since release.py builds the docs all right, there's not
much left for me to do except check that everything is ok.

> In the meantime, I'll make sure Georg is involved in point releases  
> moving forward.

That's good. Thanks!

Georg

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